Fragile Evidence
A Critique of Reading Assessment
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc (Publisher)
Published on 1. March 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-8058-2530-5 (ISBN)
Description
Fragile Evidence--a critique of reading assessment informed by newly emerging conceptualizations of validity and reliability--brings psychometric theory, reading theory, and social critique to bear on reading assessment. Taking its lead from contemporary psychological theory and other fields which ponder the role of evidence and argumentation in making claims about social issues, this text examines the historical and contemporary ways in which such claims have been made for reading assessment. Traditional individualized and standardized tests are critiqued from a variety of perspectives. The assumptions and operational bases of contemporary revisionist assessments (e.g., large-scale performance-based assessments, authentic assessments, etc.) are considered in terms of what they include and what they omit. Collected here in one volume is a systematic analysis of several different reading assessment instruments and conceptualizations of reading assessment, with particular emphasis on the evidence of reading they provide--a type of analysis usually found only in separate articles in journals and edited volumes. This important volume:
* Offers a systematic (rather than generalized) critique of popular standardized norm-referenced group and individualized measures of reading.
*Looks at the consequential validity of standardized tests.
* Includes interviews with stakeholders who consider the question of how to describe reading without making reference to standardized tests.
* Considers how tools such as miscue analysis influence reform.
* Provides a critical analysis of contemporary reform efforts.
* Offers a systematic (rather than generalized) critique of popular standardized norm-referenced group and individualized measures of reading.
*Looks at the consequential validity of standardized tests.
* Includes interviews with stakeholders who consider the question of how to describe reading without making reference to standardized tests.
* Considers how tools such as miscue analysis influence reform.
* Provides a critical analysis of contemporary reform efforts.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Mahwah
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8058-2530-5 (9780805825305)
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Sharon Murphy | With Patrick Shannon | Peter Johnston
Fragile Evidence
A Critique of Reading Assessment
Book
03/1998
1st Edition
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc
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Content
Contents: Preface. Part I: Introduction. What Counts as Evidence of Reading? Evidence, Validity, and Assessment. Part II: The Validity of Standardized Tests From a Traditional Psychometric Perspective. Multiple-Choice Standardized Reading Tests in the Early 1990s. Individualized Assessment. Part III: The Validity of Standardized Tests From the Perspective of Their Use. P. Shannon, A Selective Social History of the Uses of Reading Tests. P. Johnston, The Consequences of the Use of Standardized Tests. Part IV: Moving Toward Alternatives. J. Hansen, Evaluation Is All Day, Noticing What's Happening: Multifaceted Evaluations of Readers. Toward Reform: Lessons From Miscue Analysis. Part V: Reform Initiatives. Reforms in Assessment: Perils and Possibilities. Toward a Revisioning of Reading Assessment: What Matters? Appendix: Attributes of Individualized and Group Tests Analyzed.